Long & short trips around the world

Category: Travel – Reisen – Voyages

A garden full of food During the June Bank Holiday the sun really came out here in Dublin, so naturally we were going out – to the Bloom Garden Festival in Phoenix Park, Dublin. I say Garden Festival, but what really much more visible is the food. 🙂 Launched by the Irish Food Board in … More Bloom 2016 – Ireland’s largest Garden Festival

Leopardstown Racecourse On 8 May 2016 I got introduced to one of Ireland’s national sports: horse racing. We went to the Leapardstown Racecourse, Leapardstown, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown…in short, just south of Dublin. This was the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial flat race, meaning that there were no obstacles to jump over. Combined with several attractions for kids, … More Horse Racing in Ireland

Monkstown As you might have guessed by the past couple of articles and videos, I have been spending quite some time in Ireland, specifically in the Dublin area. I have recently moved to Monkstown, which is just south of Dublin city, but still within County Dublin. Basically Monkstown is a quite and quaint little town … More Living with the Monks

Killiney Hill Okay, now that we’ve seen parts of the city and the little peninsula Howth, it was time take the Dart again and head south, to Killiney. It’s about 45 min southeast of city center. Killiney is a seaside resort and is one of Dublin‘s most exclusive residential areas. Arriving at the station you … More Killiney Hill – Where Ireland meets Palm Beach

Escape on the Dart Dublin‘s city center is a beautiful and culturally diverse place, but sometimes you just feel the need to get out of the city and discover more. Perfect, just take the Dart train up north to Howth, which is a suburb of Dublin. Although it’s part of Dublin, Howth feels like a … More Dublin Part 3 – Fisherman’s Friend

Breakfast at the Dean Another day, another part of Dublin discovered. 🙂 The best way to start the day is with breakfast. What better place could there be than the Dean Hotel?! It’s located on Harcourt Street, south of Grafton Street, just next to Copper Face Jacks. If you just clicked on the link, you … More Dublin Part 2 – From breakfast to money

Glendalough October 2015, here we are in Glendalough, right in the middle of Wicklow County. Far far away from the noise, the hustle and bustle of the big city. It’s about an hour drive from the center of Dublin, just long enough to enjoy the scenery and to switch the mind from city life to … More Glendalough & Wicklow – Nature, history and friendly people

So here I am in Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland! Over the last three months I have been to Baile Átha Cliath (don’t ask me how to pronounce that) a couple of times – about time I wrote an article about this beautiful city. For those of you who have been following my … More Fáilte roimh Dublin – Welcome to Dublin

Goodbye United States This is it, as I got out of my UBER taxi and took a last glance at the US flag I knew it was time. Time to fly home, time to embark on the SWISS Airbus 340-300 “Stans” that would fly me back to the old continent, to the small country that … More Home Schwiiz Home